Tag: Bluefin tuna

Video credit: Abdallah Elmgawshi (Libya) Review: Abdallah Elmgawshi and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video was filmed in the north of Mosrata (Libya) during May, 2012. Once a squadron of Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is spotted using telescopes or fish finders, its location is identified and approached quickly. Then the …

Ownership and review of this video: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video was filmed in the Berka fish market, Oman. This fish market has witnessed a significant improvement as the design of the market has been adopted the participatory approach including officials, fish quality staff, and fishermen. During the visit, …

Video credit: Abdallah Elmgawshi (Libya) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) The video shows a typical fishing of Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Libyan Mediterranean waters. In the present, almost all tuna fishery in Libya is carried out by longline and purse seining. This video shows the purse seining of the …

Video credit: Abdallah Elmgawshi (Libya) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the video channel) Source: www.fishconsult.org The video shows the slaughtering of bluefin tuna (Thynnus thunnus) before lifting it by tail and placing it on the ship’s deck where the processing takes place. The few minutes taken in cutting the head, …

Credit for the video: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website and video channel) Typically, the fattening of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is done in sea cages. The tuna is caught by purse seiners in the Mediterranean and the ones that are targeted for fattening are taken to cages in …

Permission to use the video by: Ahmed Shaheen (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the channel and the website) The relatively large size of the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) upon harvesting from fattening facilities in addition to its high market value implies that proper harvesting methods should be in place in order to produce …

Credit: Huseyn Ek (Akuakare, Turkey) The photos are taken in some tuna farms in Turkey whereas the bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is the species of choice. These cage farms are located in Alanya and Lzmir in Turkey. Tunas required for farming are collected from the nature and stocked in these cage in which they are …